To check on the progress, head over to the Downloads section on the watch.

Select the playlist, album, or podcast and press the three dots (…) and choose “Download to Apple Watch.”.

Find the music and podcasts you want to download on your watch.

Here’s how Spotify says to find the new functionality:

However, it’s going to be a gradual rollout with the platform saying the “new overall experience for Spotify on Apple Watch is rolling out to all users globally over the coming weeks.” How to use Spotify Apple Watch offline playback Spotify notes “we’re beginning to roll out” the offline mode to Premium subscribers for Apple Watch users and says to update to the latest Spotify iOS/watchOS release – 8.6.28.

This is on top of all the other Spotify features on Apple Watch-from Connect & Control to streaming to Siri. All users are already able to play tracks, albums, playlists, and podcasts, and now Premium users will also be able to download everything they’re listening to for a true offline and phone-free experience. Starting today, we’re rolling out the ability to download your favorite playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch. Spotify announced the news in a press release on May 21: We’ve previously reached out to Spotify about when the rollout will be complete but haven’t gotten a response yet, but hopefully, we’re close! Check out the steps below to see if the feature is available for you now. However, some users have said force closing Spotify and reopening it has revealed Apple Watch offline playback.

Spotify released a new 8.6.40 iOS update on July 1 that wouldn’t hurt to make sure you’re running, but this is likely a server-side rollout. Noted by Gadgets and Wearables and users on Reddit, more and more Spotify customers are seeing the Apple Watch offline functionality show up over the last day in countries like the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Austria, Brazil, UAE, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Malaysia, and more.

Update 7/6: The global rollout of Apple Watch offline playback appears to be picking up speed. The ability to download content to Apple Watch is starting to roll out to Premium subscribers now. Offline playback for Apple Watch has been a top requested feature from Spotify users for a long time and today the platform is delivering on it.

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